Biography Clients

Bernhardt Design

Cappellini

Daloc Doors

De PadovaDesign House Stockholm

E&Y Japan

GärsnäsGenseI+I CarpetsIcehotel

Kateha

Alessi ModusNolaArflex JapanNordiska GallerietOffecctOfficeLine

Poltrona FrauRichard LampertRörstrand

Stockholm Furniture FairSvenkst TennSwedese

Vibia

Skultuna

Vandra RugsTecno

VolvoWhirlpool

Zero

SelectedAwards

2013 Best tableware, Elle Interiör Sweden

Design Plus, GermanyCoolest Invention, Time magazine

Best tableware, Residence magazine2012Best lounge seating, Good Design Award2012

Best lounge seating, Interior Design magazine US20122011 Best sofa, Residence magazine2011 Best lamp, Residence magazine2010 Best domestic design, Wallpaper Design Award

Best carpet, Residence magazine2008Designer of the year, Elle Interiör Sweden2008Best chair, Residence magazine2006

2006 Designer of the year, Residence magazine2005 Best product, Time magazine20042000

Monica Förster, the creator of some of the most internationally renowned objects in contemporary Swedish design today, is based in Stockholm but grew up close to the Artic circle in the very north of Sweden. Her work is characterized by a strong sense of pure form mixed with a neverending curiosity for new materials and technology. Always trying to work in a cross-disciplinary way, she invents and renews typologies in industrial, furniture and object design.

Monica Förster, who is one of the top names within Swedish design, has created some of the future´s classic designs. Monica Förster Design Studio is based in Stockholm, and works on an international level with companies such as Alessi, Bernhardt, Cappellini, De Padova, Offecct, Swedese, Poltrona Frau, Tecno, Volvo CE and Whirlpool.

She has won numerous swedish and international awards such as Designer of the Year and has been exhibited all over the world in museums and institutions such as Moma NY and VA museum, London. Monica Förster has also been represented in the International Design Yearbook.

www.monicaforster.com

“I sometimes say that I’m not interested in form,what I mean is simply that the idea behind each project is more important. When the idea is setI focus on shape, colour and detail.”

“My studio works with producers fromall over the world. I often start a collaborationby looking at the heritage of the producer and try to combine it with my own origin.”

Erik Jørgensen

Bianchi Café & CyclesBitossi

Cosentino GroupCouncil

David Design

Fogia

LightYears

ll Coccio

Palmgrens

Tacchini

Vispring

Zanat

MONICA FÖRSTER

Designer of the year, Elle Decoration SwedenBest tableware, Elle Decoration Sweden

Interior Innovation Award, imm Cologne

Best window sill, Wallpaper Design Award

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Best home accessory, Årets Rum Award

“A good collaboration often begins with a factory visit.It’s a source of inspiration.I really like being close tothe production.”

“My inspiration comes from my everyday life,a great driving force ismy curiosity, which leads me to new situations.”